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Polarity and Vapour Pressure

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IN considering the effect of polarity on the vapour pressure and association of a liquid, a simple case is its influence on the partial vapour pressures of a polar liquid in its binary mixtures with a non-polar liquid, which, except for lack of polarity, should preferably be closely related in chemical structure to the polar liquid.

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MARTIN, A. Polarity and Vapour Pressure. Nature 128, 456–457 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128456b0

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